“American Hustle,” from Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures, is set to go nationwide into around 2,500 theaters on Wednesday.

“We’re set up to be a contender and we’re very much looking forward to this ride,” Sony’s distribution chief Rory Bruer told TheWrap Sunday, “and we think it’s going be a long one.”

Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” which stars Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in the story of the making of “Mary Poppins,” opened in 15 major-market theaters to $421,000, a roughly $28,000 per-screen average. Also in the best picture conversation, “Mr. Banks” goes nationwide on Wednesday, too.

So does the Ethan an Joel Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis,” which brought in $344,000 after CBS Films expanded it from four to 15 locations for a per-screen average of $22,931.

Also planning to expand next weekend is the Weinstein Company’s “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.” It was in four theaters this week and brought in $31,809 for a $7,953 per-location average.

Fox Searchlight “12 Years a Slave” dropped from 1,072 to 497 theaters and totaled $685,000 for a $1,378 per-screen average. “12 Years” — which also earned seven Golden Globes nominations — raised its domestic total to $36.3 million, making it the year’s highest-grossing English-language platform release.

Paramount Vantage added 137 theaters for Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” this weekend, and the drama starring Bruce Dern and June Squibb brought in $850,000 from 250 theaters for a $3,400 per-screen average.